Key-ring holder



J. H. WILSON.

KEY RING HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 1. I919.

1,332,01 4; I Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

I I F9 WITNESSES I INVENTOR I JAMES H. wIrsoN, or PLAINEIELD, New JERSEY.

KEY-RING HOLDER.

Specification of ietters Patent. i Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed October 7, 1919. Serial No. 329,175.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. WiLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Key-Ring Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tokey ring holders and particularly to that class of holder which is designed to be supported from a belt worn at the .waist band of the trousers,

and it has for its primary purpose the provision of a holder consisting of a ring supporting loop, a spring member thereto, and a slot for receiving a belt, all struck up from a common strip of metal and associated with each other so as to provide for the normal confinement of the belt. and also of the ring in the loop, and to also ermitof the ready disconnection of the ring from the loop or the application of the same thereto, as occasion may demand.

The device has for a further object the provisions of a device near the outer end of the loop to prevent the ring from being obstructed from a free movement around the loop and not be disengaged therefrom by the spring portion of the holder until it is comprehended by other means.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is the perspective view of the key ring holder.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a side view of same.

Fig. 4 is a plain view of strip the device is formed.

Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof, showing the first two bends struck up.

With reference to the preferred embodiment of this invention shown in Figs. 1' to 5, I employ a simple strip of resilient material having parallel sides, preferably brass having a spring temper, the ends 1 and 2 of substantially semi-elliptical form and havfrom which ing offset or reverse bends 3 and 4 at the loop end of the strip and another pair 5 and 6 at or about the middle portion of the side 9 which forms the front of the key ring,

holder; the bends 5 and 6 forming a spring member 10, to'retain ring in loop 7 the said bends, with bend 8, forming a closed elongated slot to receive a belt.

The device is admirably designed to be supported from a belt worn at the waist band of the trousers or a similar garment and in View thereof, it is folded on itself along the line 8 in Fig. 5 to form with bends 5 and 6 an elongated slot, to receive a belt and to also form the spring member 10. It is also folded on itself along the line 7 and in the same direction to form with 10 the loop for the key ring, and the bends 3 and 4' are made so as to present a smooth surface on the inside of the loop. so the ring may pass by without becoming disengaged therefrom, without pressure applied to 10.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim herein is 1. A key ring holder, comprising a length of resilient material having a uniform width from end to end, so bent as to form and comprise a strai ht rear side having no ends or projections, the front side so bent as to form a slot to receive a belt and a loop having a spring member to receive a ring.

2. A key ring holder, consisting of a single strip of resilient material of uniform width from end to end, so bent as to form and comprise a straight rear side and bent JAMES H. WILSON.

Witnesses:

R. P. FRIGGLE, H. J. HURD. 

